Mobile man arrested, charged with stabbing in Birdville

MOBILE, Alabama -- A Mobile man was arrested and charged with first-degree assault and second-degree kidnapping following an early morning stabbing in Birdville, police said today in a news release.

Police were called at 12:35 a.m. today to Cardinal and Starling drives and found a 22-year-old man with multiple knife wounds.

Detectives learned that two men had argued about a cell phone. A man -- identified as Corey Demetrius Washington -- forced the victim into a vehicle and cut him several times. When the victim tried to escape, the kidnapper fired a shotgun at him, police said.

Officers found Washington walking from the scene.

Washington, 35, was booked into Mobile County Metro Jail shortly after 4 a.m.and released at 10:34 a.m., jail records show. He is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 26, jail records show.